South Island football league gets go-aheadJoseph Johnson Cashmere Technical's Lyle Matthysen, right, could meet Caversham's Sam Cosgrove, left, in a South Island football league next season. Mainland Football hope a new South Island competition will help close the gap to national league level. PHILLIP ROLLO/STUFF The South Island football league will be a boost for Nelson Suburbs and players like Omar Guardiola. READ MORE: Proposed South Island football league needs to be sustainableFrom there, home-and-away games will be drawn at random, with each team set to play each other once. Talk of a South Island league has rumbled for many years, but never come to fruition due to logistical and financial issues.

Source: Stuff November 08, 2017 02:37 UTC